Grace Reinhalter Resume
GRACE REINHALTER
BERKELEY, CA |------------ | ------------
Grace has a decade of experience working in youth development. She values working in teams to create stimulating child-led, hands-on learning experiences for children. Grace empowers children through her background creating and teaching in play-based environments while embracing the importance of social-emotional learning and encouraging children’s natural curiosity. She enjoys working collaboratively to create a welcoming, inclusive, safe space for youth as well as maintaining external communication with members of the community to provide high quality services.
WORK EXPERIENCE
The Berkeley School, Early Childhood Campus, Berkeley
ASSISTANT TEACHER 2019-2020
- Support lead teachers in implementing play-based curriculum for 3-5-year-olds based on their ever-changing and emerging interests
- Cultivate strong relationships with children and their families through positive interactions
- Maintain a safe and engaging environment both indoors and outdoors
New Door Ventures, San Francisco
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INTAKE & PROGRAM COORDINATOR 2013 - 2019
- Oversee recruitment, intake process, and job readiness assessments for all incoming prospective youth assisting youth with time management, communication skills, and the ability to practice professionalism
- Track youth development department budget and spending, create monthly budget reports, organize and order monthly transportation benefits for staff and clients
- Communicate regularly with other service providers, partnering and external businesses, update outreach materials, represent organization at community outreach events
- Hire, train, support, and manage a team of front desk receptionists who serve as the face of the organization
- Manage social media account to provide youth perspective on the program for partner organizations, volunteers, donors, and staff
- Manage daily office operations, order and purchase supplies, track and submit timesheets, coordinate use of shared space, schedule staff meetings
- Created a committee focused on employee engagement and retention to improve staff morale and hold ongoing team building activities
Playworks, Oakland, CA (Wilson Elementary School, Richmond, CA)
AMERICORPS PROGRAM COORDINATOR
2011 - 2013
- Provided safe, healthy, and inclusive play activity during recess and class game times at low-income public school; taught and implemented conflict resolution strategies; organized and played up to twelve different games while role modeling positive sporting behavior with over 250 students daily
- Created a positive environment to improve learning and teaching, reduce bullying and decrease behavioral and disciplinary referrals
- Recruited and coached students in five developmental sports leagues, helped generate community and family involvement
- Operated a youth leadership program by training upper grade students to become junior coaches who referee/teach/facilitate games to peers
- Led individual physical activity classes for K-6 in skills building and cooperative games to increase awareness of rules and boundaries at recess
- Planned and engaged in monthly community service projects; recruited volunteers to participate in projects
- Served as “Energy Balance 4 Kids with Play Recess Coach” initiating a unique evidence-based program in order to promote nutrition, physical activity, energy balance knowledge and behavior changes
EDUCATION
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA B.A. Sociology, Cum Laude May 2011
Thesis: Scoring Goals: Tanzanian Youth Learn Life Skills and Cultural Identity Through Soccer
Merritt College, Oakland, CA, Child Development Associate Teacher Certificate of Proficiency 15 ECE units completed including 3 core classes
CERTIFICATIONS
200 hour Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher, Spring 2015
It’s Yoga, Kids Training 2011
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Coach/Leader July-August 2010, Coaches Across Continents, Busia, Uganda Acted as soccer coach to disadvantaged children in the developing community of Busia by leading educational lessons at 16 local primary and secondary schools to promote well-being through fun games addressing health and wellness, conflict resolution, female empowerment, and HIV prevention; Worked with local community leaders and teachers to create locally run, sustainable partnerships to produce long-term positive change
Mentor February-May 2010, Young In Prison, Bonnytoun House of Safety, Wynberg, South Africa Played soccer and talked with 13-17 year-old boys in juvenile detention center twice a week; Provided self-confidence, mental and physical stimulation through sport and discussing goals and perspectives; provided peer-level consistent companionship and a predictable routine in otherwise chaotic lives
Researcher/Volunteer May-July 2009, Richter Research Scholarship, Arusha, Tanzania Lived and volunteered at an orphanage, Children’s Home of the Tanzania Community Development Alliance Children’s Home (TACODA), for eleven boys aged 6 to 13; Conducted an ethnographic, participant observation investigating the meaning and value of soccer in the lives of vulnerable children in Tanzania
Tutor January-May 2009, September-December 2010, Occidental Community Literacy Center One-on-one tutoring of a 3rd grader (2009) and 6th grader (2010) bi-weekly to improve their literacy skills
Mentor January 2009-May 2011, Great Strides, Los Angeles, CA
Provided healthy environment for twenty-five 4th and 5th grade Latino girls weekly in an after-school program to boost self-esteem, self-image, and to encourage a healthy lifestyle; Educated girls about nutrition, healthy eating patterns, and exercise by engaging in active games and activities such as kickball and soccer
Assistant Teacher, Horizons, Maret School, Washington, D.C. May 2008-August 2008 Third grade assistant educator and role model in a summer academic enrichment program for inner city children; focused on reading, writing, and math skills; raised students’ self-esteem while providing fun activities including art, music, swimming, and field trips
Counselor June 1999-2010, Sports Teaching Adolescents Responsibility and Resilience Program Counselor to youth ages five to fifteen at STARR annual summer camp in Burke, VT. Provided Camden, NJ youth with recreational soccer and service learning projects to promote teamwork, self-confidence, self-control and resiliency
GRACE REINHALTER
BERKELEY, CA |------------ | ------------
Grace has a decade of experience working in youth development. She values working in teams to create stimulating child-led, hands-on learning experiences for children. Grace empowers children through her background creating and teaching in play-based environments while embracing the importance of social-emotional learning and encouraging children’s natural curiosity. She enjoys working collaboratively to create a welcoming, inclusive, safe space for youth as well as maintaining external communication with members of the community to provide high quality services.
WORK EXPERIENCE
The Berkeley School, Early Childhood Campus, Berkeley
ASSISTANT TEACHER 2019-2020
- Support lead teachers in implementing play-based curriculum for 3-5-year-olds based on their ever-changing and emerging interests
- Cultivate strong relationships with children and their families through positive interactions
- Maintain a safe and engaging environment both indoors and outdoors
New Door Ventures, San Francisco
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INTAKE & PROGRAM COORDINATOR 2013 - 2019
- Oversee recruitment, intake process, and job readiness assessments for all incoming prospective youth assisting youth with time management, communication skills, and the ability to practice professionalism
- Track youth development department budget and spending, create monthly budget reports, organize and order monthly transportation benefits for staff and clients
- Communicate regularly with other service providers, partnering and external businesses, update outreach materials, represent organization at community outreach events
- Hire, train, support, and manage a team of front desk receptionists who serve as the face of the organization
- Manage social media account to provide youth perspective on the program for partner organizations, volunteers, donors, and staff
- Manage daily office operations, order and purchase supplies, track and submit timesheets, coordinate use of shared space, schedule staff meetings
- Created a committee focused on employee engagement and retention to improve staff morale and hold ongoing team building activities
Playworks, Oakland, CA (Wilson Elementary School, Richmond, CA)
AMERICORPS PROGRAM COORDINATOR
2011 - 2013
- Provided safe, healthy, and inclusive play activity during recess and class game times at low-income public school; taught and implemented conflict resolution strategies; organized and played up to twelve different games while role modeling positive sporting behavior with over 250 students daily
- Created a positive environment to improve learning and teaching, reduce bullying and decrease behavioral and disciplinary referrals
- Recruited and coached students in five developmental sports leagues, helped generate community and family involvement
- Operated a youth leadership program by training upper grade students to become junior coaches who referee/teach/facilitate games to peers
- Led individual physical activity classes for K-6 in skills building and cooperative games to increase awareness of rules and boundaries at recess
- Planned and engaged in monthly community service projects; recruited volunteers to participate in projects
- Served as “Energy Balance 4 Kids with Play Recess Coach” initiating a unique evidence-based program in order to promote nutrition, physical activity, energy balance knowledge and behavior changes
EDUCATION
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA B.A. Sociology, Cum Laude May 2011
Thesis: Scoring Goals: Tanzanian Youth Learn Life Skills and Cultural Identity Through Soccer
Merritt College, Oakland, CA, Child Development Associate Teacher Certificate of Proficiency 15 ECE units completed including 3 core classes
CERTIFICATIONS
200 hour Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher, Spring 2015
It’s Yoga, Kids Training 2011
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Coach/Leader July-August 2010, Coaches Across Continents, Busia, Uganda Acted as soccer coach to disadvantaged children in the developing community of Busia by leading educational lessons at 16 local primary and secondary schools to promote well-being through fun games addressing health and wellness, conflict resolution, female empowerment, and HIV prevention; Worked with local community leaders and teachers to create locally run, sustainable partnerships to produce long-term positive change
Mentor February-May 2010, Young In Prison, Bonnytoun House of Safety, Wynberg, South Africa Played soccer and talked with 13-17 year-old boys in juvenile detention center twice a week; Provided self-confidence, mental and physical stimulation through sport and discussing goals and perspectives; provided peer-level consistent companionship and a predictable routine in otherwise chaotic lives
Researcher/Volunteer May-July 2009, Richter Research Scholarship, Arusha, Tanzania Lived and volunteered at an orphanage, Children’s Home of the Tanzania Community Development Alliance Children’s Home (TACODA), for eleven boys aged 6 to 13; Conducted an ethnographic, participant observation investigating the meaning and value of soccer in the lives of vulnerable children in Tanzania
Tutor January-May 2009, September-December 2010, Occidental Community Literacy Center One-on-one tutoring of a 3rd grader (2009) and 6th grader (2010) bi-weekly to improve their literacy skills
Mentor January 2009-May 2011, Great Strides, Los Angeles, CA
Provided healthy environment for twenty-five 4th and 5th grade Latino girls weekly in an after-school program to boost self-esteem, self-image, and to encourage a healthy lifestyle; Educated girls about nutrition, healthy eating patterns, and exercise by engaging in active games and activities such as kickball and soccer
Assistant Teacher, Horizons, Maret School, Washington, D.C. May 2008-August 2008 Third grade assistant educator and role model in a summer academic enrichment program for inner city children; focused on reading, writing, and math skills; raised students’ self-esteem while providing fun activities including art, music, swimming, and field trips
Counselor June 1999-2010, Sports Teaching Adolescents Responsibility and Resilience Program Counselor to youth ages five to fifteen at STARR annual summer camp in Burke, VT. Provided Camden, NJ youth with recreational soccer and service learning projects to promote teamwork, self-confidence, self-control and resiliency